esterilizar
Spanish, verb/esteɾiliˈθaɾ/
esterilizar is spelled E-S-T-E-R-I-L-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 48,863rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esterilizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to sterilize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Privar a un ser vivo de la capacidad reproductiva”.
What does esterilizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sterilize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Privar a un ser vivo de la capacidad reproductiva. 2. Por extensión, volver inútil o infructífera otra facultad. 3. Destruir los microorganismos presentes en una sustancia.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of esterilizar
- esterilizo first-person present singular
- esterilicé first-person preterite singular
- esterilizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- esterilizando gerund
- esterilizada feminine participle past
- esterilizados masculine participle past
- esterilizadas feminine participle past
- esterilizas indicative informal present
- esterilizás indicative informal present
- esteriliza indicative present singular
- esterilizamos first-person indicative plural
- esterilizáis indicative plural present
- esterilizan indicative plural present
- esterilizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- esterilizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- esterilizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- esterilizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esterilizar?
- /esteɾiliˈθaɾ/
- [es.t̪e.ɾi.liˈθaɾ]
- /esteɾiliˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esterilizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esterilizar in Spanish?
esterilizar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).